DDAL04-05 The Seer (5e)

The time has come to venture beyond the village of Oranou and explore the realm of Barovia.

However, in your travels, you happen across an unusual tribe of people--distrusted denizens of the Demiplane of Dread. Do the Vistani truly possess the ability to see the future, or is it simple parlor tricks and deceit? Part Five of Misty Fortunes and Absent Hearts.

Introduction: Band of gypsies. Love sick young man, missing young woman. More stuff I can't mention for concern of spoilers. Great though.

Exploration: Decent amount.

Combat: The first combat is great! I had the party scared because they didn't know [redacted - something that ultimately makes it less lethal].

Roleplaying Opportunities: A great deal at the start.

Overall: Great module. I would be willing to run it, but only as part of a larger effort to do *all* of season 4 since leaving Barovia is expensive.

August 18, 2016 7:03 pm UTC

Just look at the Cover, There are only three people who worked on the module. Ron Lundeen wrote it Claire Hofmann and Travis Woodall, did Editing and Development. Then go back and look at the credits of the old Living Forgotten Realms modules. Three to five people worked on the writing and editing, then another 8 -12 people got listed as "playtesters." The more people who look at it, the less likely these careless mistakes will slip through. I looked at the credits of one of the Fantasy Flight Star Wars adventures recently, and it was clear over 20 people worked on it! Their production value and attention to detail is outstanding. WOTC just doesn't care anymore. That was the nice thing about Dungeon and Dragon magazines. They received lots of materials from the community, but before it got published it would go through multiple rounds of editing before a polished adventure or article was published. Now we get this hodge podge of half baked stuff, some is really good, some really bad, and most...See more of it needs a lot of work before we can take it to our own players.

Adam NJuly 24, 2016 1:37 pm UTC

PURCHASER

"Oh neat, there's an owlbear in the monster section?" Flips through the rest of the module... "Hm, where am I supposed to put this guy?"

Seán FJune 20, 2016 8:07 pm UTC

My understanding was that DMs Guild (paying for adventures) meant that we could expect better proofreading, or at the very least updates with fixes. Am I mistaken on this?

This module has been out for almost 3 months. When can we expect Part 3 to be fixed to either remove references to an encounter with wolves or, better yet, include the missing information?

July 26, 2016 3:08 pm UTC

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Why would they? By the time it's released they're already working on next season, plus they already have your $2.99 in their pocket, why would they bother going back and correcting errors? Unfortunately, reviews of these events and how poorly they are written are not coming out soon enough so that people don't purchase them. As much as people enjoy AL, the events aren't going to get any better until gamers start protesting with their pocketbook.

Though this adventure is linear, the combat encounters are difficult and deadly. Without knowing the reason for the bears in the beginning, the encounter can feel out of place. It is good that they are driven off after three rounds, making it a game of [...]

I thought this module was great because it showed a fantastic example of just the variety of ways that living in Barovia affects different people. It was also a great insight into the Vistani lifestyle (as opposed to just painting them as generic &quot [...]

Recommend Purchase: Yes.
XP Range: 635-850 The overall story woven between all fourteen modules is called 'Misty Fortunes and Absent Hearts' and is relatively strong overall, but suffers for a couple reasons. The final module probably wasn't wri [...]

This is an ok module. It has some nice lore about the Vistani, some nice interactions with their way of life, but the story itself is kinda forgettable. The final combat is nice, but once again the story as a whole is a bit... meh. It's kinda just Rome [...]

Great adventure!!! The adventure has plenty of social interaction, a fun bit of lore that introduces the characters to the Vistani people, and some interesting combats that make for an engaging experience for the players and the DM. My on [...]

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